I see it as a "Choose your problem." affair. 1. Deal with possibly multiple issues possibly involving multiple people with the politics that entails resulting

I see it as a "Choose your problem." affair. 1. Deal with possibly multiple issues possibly involving multiple people with the politics that entails resulting in a lot of stress for all involved as any one issue could render it a complete failure. 2. Have extra space you can decide to optimise if you want. You could even have politics and arguments over what to optimise, but if nothing happens it all still works so there is a lot less stress. I pick 2.